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The faculty and staff during opening faculty meetings in August, 2017.

This week is National Teacher Appreciation Week, and the staff of The Mirror used this occasion to ask our fellow students to reflect on their teachers and offer brief appreciations. What follows is the result of that exercise. [Read more…]

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Winter storms and hazardous driving conditions delayed the return to school for dozens of Northwood students on Sunday. According to Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs Mrs. Walker, forty-four students did not return to school on time because of delayed or cancelled flights and bad roads. Thirteen students had still not returned by the start of classes Today. Many of Monday’s classes were half-full and the paths between dormitories and classroom buildings were slippery.

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Students returned from two weeks of spring break expecting to see open water on Mirror Lake and grass on the lacrosse fields. Instead, the crew team is training on ergs and the lax teams will practice in the field house for at least another week, and probably longer.

Weather in Lake Placid during the recent weekend consisted of snow, ice and freezing temperatures, and snow and below-freezing temps are expected through the weekend. High temperatures are not expected to top 50 degrees until the middle of next week.

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What follows is the speech senior Olivia Skriloff delivered at school meeting on Monday, March 26. She delivered it after showing several clips of speeches from the March for Our Lives in Washington, DC, which she attended and organized a group from Northwood to attend.[Read more…]

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The author celebrates after scoring a goal for the FDNY hockey team at the Nassau Coliseum in 2004. (Photo: Bill Bennett)

“Times like these we learn to live again”-Foo Fighters

I know it’s cliche to point to a sporting event as a pivotal moment in one’s life, but that’s where I find myself. On April 3, 2004, I put my hockey bag in my Jeep and headed to Nassau Coliseum. I was nervous as hell and had no idea how the day would end. I just knew what it took for me to get there. [Read more…]

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Two groups of Northwood School students and faculty attended March for Our Lives demonstrations in Washington, D.C. and in Saranac Lake, NY. According to the March For Our Lives website, the purpose of the event was to “demand that [children’s and families’] lives and safety become a priority and that we end gun violence and mass shootings in our schools today.” The Mirror asked participants to reflect on their experiences. This is what they shared with us. [Read more…]

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Over 800,000 people flooded the streets this past Saturday to join in the March for Our Lives, a student organized protest calling for common sense gun control. Eight students and one teacher from Northwood were part of this 800,000.

Emma González addresses the crowd at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters)

This past week, some athletes from the men’s and women’s FIS team traveled to Attitash and Cranmore Mountains in New Hampshire for FIS finals. Hugh Dempsey ‘19, Jake Reynolds ‘19, and Wim Roney ‘18 were on the men’s side and Joanna Rosenbluth ‘19, Beth Fisher ‘19, Sarah Bennett ‘19, and Sarah Coombs ‘19 on the women’s side.

The first day consisted of two Super Gs, where one of them counted as a Super Combined. (A super combined is an event where one run of either Downhill or Super G is combined with one run of Slalom.) The two alpine combined that were supposed to happen changed to one Super G that counted as a normal race and the other counted as the combined run with the Slalom the following day.

In the Super G race, Bennett finished 4th, Coombs in 12th, Rosenbluth in 29th and Fisher in 35th. On the men’s side, Reynolds finished in 43rd, Roney 44th and Dempsey in 49th. In the alpine combined, Bennett finished 3rd, Coombs in 16th and Rosenbluth in 25th.

Matthieu Cote ‘18 and Chelsea Smith ‘19 arrived in New Hampshire to finish the race series with the team while Beth Fisher returned to Lake Placid. On the first day of Giant-Slalom, Bennett finished third, Smith in 33rd, Rosenbluth in 38th. On the men’s side Cote in 13th, Roney in 41st, Reynolds in 46th, and Dempsey in 57th. On the second day of Giant-Slalom, Bennett finished in 5th, Coombs in 20th, Rosenbluth in 42nd, and Smith in 46th. On the men’s side Cote was in 20th, Reynolds in 44th, and Roney in 46th.

The last two days were held at Cranmore for the Slalom races. On the first day, Bennett finished in second, Coombs in 23rd, Smith in 38th, and Rosenbluth in 49th. On the men’s side Cote finished 33rd, Roney 38th, Dempsey 47th, and Reynolds 60th.

The wind started picking up on the last day of Slalom. The main lift that brought the racers up to the race course shut down at the start of the second run, which required racers to take a 30-minute lift to the top. The men were starting first, and since not all of them made it to the top on time, the jury decided to send them out of order, which put at a disadvantage the people who had secured a good place for themselves for second run. The wind was blowing up the hill, which hindered the performance of racers whose runs happened while the wind was strong. These conditions created what many athletes and coaches considered an unfair race. As for the results, Bennett finished 3rd, Coombs 36th, Smith 40th, and Rosenbluth 47th. On the men’s side only Dempsey finished his race and ended up 42nd.

“Mr. Martin is really into robotics, and he is always looking for ways to make it fun,” said junior Chelsea Smith. “In every project, he incorporates his students’ ideas, so that everyone is involved hands-on and is a part of our success.”

Sarah Bennett ’19 training at Whiteface in 2018. (Photo: Instagram)

Scenes from the performance of “What is Love,” in February 2018. (Photo: Mr. Michael Aldridge)

Scenes from the blood drive at Northwood School on March 20, 2018.

Scenes from the performance of “What is Love,” in February 2018. (Photo: Mr. Michael Aldridge)